Title of the map:
"BRASILIA"
Large unusual copper engraved map of Brazil, by Arnoldus MONTANUS (1625-1683).
The map extends from Rio de la Plata to Guiana and the Atlantic ocean and from two mythical lakes (Lake Parima and Lake Xarayes).
Two nice cartouches with the native Americans, some animals and a lot of details on the map. Two nice compass. The north is oriented to the right.
The cartography of the interior of the country is largely blank except for some conjectural mapping of Amazon.
Size with margins : 37,4 x 31 cm / 14,5 x 12,2 inches Condition : good condition, the right and left margins extended, in colors. Edition : from "Die unbekante Neue Welt, oder Beschreibung des Welt-teils Amerika, und des Sud-Landes" Amsterdam, edited by Jacob von Meurs, XVIIe century, 1673, 1st Edition |
Arnoldus Montanus was a Dutch writer, Protestant minister, and headmaster of a Latin School in Schoonhoven. He also published works on church history, theology, the Low Countries, and the people and culture of the Americas. Montanus never actually travelled to the New World, and thus the work has numerous errors and artistic liberties based upon the European perception of the people and animals of the Americas. It still served as the standard work on the Americas for years to come.
His most famous book is "De Nieuwe en Obekende Weereld" (in Dutch edition) or "Die Unbekante Neue Welt" (in German edition), or "The New and Unknown World: or description of America and the Southland" (in English edition).
The work is "a classic book on America and is much sought after by collectors of Americana". It contains one of the first views of New York: "without any doubt, the handsomest, and… the most agreeable view of Dutch New York”. The work was done at the height of European fascination with the New World. It featured illustrations of customs, festivals, occupations, religious rites and battles of the native Indians. It is considered one of the most interesting iconographic and cartographic sources of early Americana.
The North American section contains notable versions of the Blaeu map of New England and New Netherlands as well as versions of the John Smith Virginia and Carolina maps. It also contains one of the first engraved views of New York (the very first, the Van der Donck view, appeared twenty years earlier). There is also a detailed map of Bermuda, views in Mexico, the Caribbean, and Brazil. The work is also noted for its portrait of Jan Maurits, Prince of Nassau.
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Due to the age an type of paper, some imperfections are to be expected. Please examine the images provided carefully, and if you have any questions please ask and we will be happy to help you